Public Speaking
Dr Sue is a board-certified veterinary cancer specialist, book author & international speaker dedicated to increasing cancer awareness and early detection.
Dr. Sue Ettinger 2024 Speaking Events
- VMX: Veterinary Meeting and Expo, Orlando FL, January 13-16
- WVC: Western Veterinary Conference, Las Vegas NV, February 17 – 20
- Buffalo Academy of Veterinary Medicine, Buffalo, NY, April 4
- Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference, Halifax, Canada, April 19 – 20
- Northern NJ VMA May 21
- NY Vet Show, NYC November 7-8
- Fetch West, San Diego December 6-8
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Q: Can STELFONTA® be injected into the scar of a surgically removed MCT to prevent regrowth? 👀 A: Afraid NOT - It cannot be used in this way. Keep watching to learn why. 💉Thanks to Garde-Malade for my beautiful scrubs and if you need to add some fun colors to your collection you can use my code DRSUECANCERVET10 for 10% off.
I say this all the time because it’s TRUE: pets actually tolerate chemotherapy quite well compared to how humans now respond to chemo. 🐾For example, an unfortunate chemotherapy side effect for people is losing their hair, whereas most dogs do not (but there are a few breeds, such as poodles, whose haircoat can significantly thin out). If you find this hard to believe, please know that I’m speaking from experience and am not minimizing this. Many of my patients go home and play and eat normally after treatment, but there are cases in which some side effects occur, and when they do, we know what to do to keep them comfortable and put them at bay. One possible side effect among those is diarrhea. 💩When my patients do have this side effect, my go-to prescription for about two years now is Canalevia™️-CA1. It’s an FDA-conditionally approved drug available to prescribe for dogs dealing with chemo-induced diarrhea. 💊It’s not an antibiotic, which I love because by not using one, we’re not contributing to the overall problem of antibiotic resistance, and it works pretty quickly. Did you know these stats? If your dog has ever been on chemo, did they have any side effects?
This information can be helpful when choosing a furry friend to bring into your home. 🐾In the final white paper of the canine cancer series, data on both mixed-breed and purebred dogs was analyzed to show the relative risk in regard to the size of a dog, and the age. For both mixed-breed and purebred dogs, the relative risk for a cancer claim steadily increases with the size of the dog, although in at all sizes, purebreds had a higher relative risk.Of course, all dogs deserve to be loved, but part of being a responsible pet parent is knowing what genetic predispositions they come with so you can be proactive in preventing diseases, especially cancer.What kind of dog do you have? Let me know in the comments. ↓ #dogmomsofinstagram #dogcancer #veterinaryoncology #caninecancer #dogcancercare #CanineOncology #caninecancerwarrior #kickcancersbutt #dogcancerawareness #dogcancersurvivalguide #dogswithcancer #cancerindogs #cancercats #cancerdogs
That oath is our constitution. 📜It guides every decision we make, inspires us in complex cases, and reminds us of the important work we do. There's no better work than one that betters others, especially when it helps our pets (IMO). 🐾Pets can't advocate for or take care of themselves. Our career field is based on the pure pursuit of doing the right thing by animals, based on curiosity, careful attention, and valuing their presence in our lives.On National Pet Day, which is today, I wanted to bring the oath back into awareness because it was how we were sworn into our career. Do you remember taking this oath? Tell me about it!
Here’s The A to this Q! Did you find this helpful? 💉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀P.S. If you’re a veterinary professional and have questions on mast cell tumor workup or treatments or are thinking about treating a case with STELFONTA®, you’ll want to join my private MCT Facebook community. (Link in bio)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Please share this with veterinary professionals who would be interested in this information. 💙
If I had a nickel for every time someone asked this. 💸💸💸My response ⤵Veterinarians are just like doctors but with cooler patients. We treat everyone from dogs, cats, pigs, horses, cows, goats and even sheep! 😏 We just chose a career where tails wag, patients purr, and sometimes, the thank-yous come in happy barks.Which sounded like a great career to me. Who else made the same choice? 🙋🏼♀️🙋🏽♂️
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